Resilience is understood as a dynamic process encompassing positive adaptation within the context of adversity. This study examined the validity of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS), a 4-item measure designed to capture tendencies to cope with ...
The Analysis of Learning Environments: Approaches to Determine the Reliability and Agreement of Student RatingsAbstract. The majority of studies in educational research rely on student ratings to assess characteristics of the learning environment. At the ...
Emotional and behavioural disorders at preschool age - results of a study in kindergarten children in Dortmund using the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form C-TRF/11/2-5Summary:Objectives: Currently there is a lack of screening instruments suitable for use by ...
Autism Spectrum Disorder in DSM-5 – concept, validity, and reliability, impact on clinical care and future researchAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in DSM-5 comprises the former DSM-IV-TR diagnoses of Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder and PDD-nos. The ...
The internal consistency reliability, factor structure, and convergent-discriminant validity of the Italian translation of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) were assessed in two independent samples of nonclinical adult volunteers (Sample 1: N = 500; Sample 2: ...
Summary: The study investigates the reliability and validity of the Turkish Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). Scores of the DAS were studied for its reliability and validity. The sample consisted of 264 married individuals. The α coefficient for the DAS was ...
Abstract. Challenges in evaluating nonlinear effects in multiple regression analyses include reliability, validity, multicollinearity, and dichotomization of continuous variables. While reliability and validity issues are solved by employing nonlinear ...
Background: One methodological difficulty in research into suicide attempts and suicide is distinguishing these phenomena from nonsuicidal self-harming behaviors and accidents. This is problematic because a reliable assessment of the presence or absence ...
Abstract. This study compared the psychometric properties of two different conceptions of measures of coping. The Stressverarbeitungsfragebogen (SVF) 120 (Janke & Erdmann, 1997) and related inventories measure coping comprehensively over situations and ...
Summary: In recent years, studies have been conducted comparing the reliability of simple difference scores to differences computed via reliable component analysis (RCA). For the five cognitive assessment batteries examined here, RCA difference scores ...
This research presents an in-depth investigation of the core self-evaluations (CSE) construct in several German samples. The English language (U.S.-American) version of the Core Self-Evaluations Scale (CSES; see Judge, Erez, Bono, & Thoresen, 2003) was ...
Summary: In the last 20 years the advent of the Comprehensive System has developed the Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM) into a standardized and psychometrically sound personality assessment instrument with numerous indices that can be reliably coded, show ...
Abstract Peripheral blood pressure measurement (Finapres technique) is a promising development in activation research. This paper tests and compares the temporal stability and covariation of peripheral and brachial blood pressure responses. Forty healthy ...
Locomotor disorders and impairment of gait are common in patient with chronic diseases such as Parkinson’s disease or Multiple Sclerosis (MS). However, the relevance of changes of these measures in free-living situations and across prolonged observation ...
German version of the Restraint Scale for the assessment of restrained eatingAbstract. The construct of dietary restraint refers to a restrictive eating style with the intention to achieve or maintain a desired weight. Restrained eating is supposed to ...
A German adaption of the ENRICHD Social Support Inventory: statistical results in patients with heart diseaseAbstract. This paper presents an instrument for the assessment of perceived emotional social support in heart disease patients called the ESSI-D (...
The Early Trauma Inventory: Initial psychometric characteristics of the German versionAbstract. There are very few questionnaires in German-speaking countries that assess traumatic experiences during childhood and adolescence. While the Structured ...
The German Version of the Arnett Inventory of Sensation Seeking (AISS): Psychometric Properties, Reliability and ValidityAbstract: In order to avoid the limitations inherent to the well known Sensation Seeking Scale - Form Five (SSS-V) by Zuckerman et ...
German version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (T4-16 - SDQ): Psychometric quality of the teacher version for preschoolersAbstract. Findings concerning the psychometric quality of the German version of the teacher-SDQ (T4-16 - SDQ) are ...
Abstract. Time perspective describes to what extent people draw on past memories, experience the present, or focus on future goals. Five dimensions of time perspective can be distinguished: past negative, present hedonistic, future, past ...